: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921. Title: The Wabank House : the story of a Lancaster County summer resort / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Wabank House (Lancaster, Pa.) Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Resorts--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster

founded near the present bridge Wright's Ferry, for many years the main gateway into the expanding West, Erected for the Bicentennial of this Historic House and the Sesquicentennial of Colum- bia by the Lancaster County Historical Society, 1938," John Wright was a man who stood out among men in the times

Banner, Elizabethtown. 1901. The Saturday Bulletin, Florin. 1902. The Miller Monthly, West Earl. Additional Titles to be Added to Lancas- ter City Publications. In Volume 1, No. 3, of the ublica- tions of the Lancaster County Histori- cal Society, appeared a bibliography of the newspapers, magazines and

historic Lancaster county, who has painted a scene from a very early incident in the development of the capital town of our county. It represents the arrival of James Hamilton, who laid out this city of ours, in which nearly 70,000 people now reside. �"To create is one of the great satisfactions of life

. Hollow Schoolhouse was one of the first school buildings erected in this portion of Lancaster county. The first building was a humble log structure, which was built by Joseph Rutter on his farm which Conrad Rutter, his father, had taken possession of in 1716. This house was built at the foot of the ridge

, etc. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1908 Description: 47-51 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 1 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.12 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room

[ Gover,vise.rre_Zlzr-i-7.-Ti%id vz.. /776.1 .Lancaster,Pa..- �These barracks, which were on the site now occupied by the First Metho- dist Episcopal church, were originally built of brick. The Rev. Manasseh Cut- ler visited Lancaster on Friday, September 26, 1788, and in a very fine descrip- tion of the

year 1819. Esther Cox Clarkson was the daughter of Rev. Joseph Clarkson, who for many years was the rector of St. James' Protestant Episcopal Church, Lancaster, Pa. Other Eichholtz portraits now in Reading, Pa., are owned by Miss Marion Douglas Weidman. They consist of a portrait of Mrs. George May

Buchanan letters / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Correspondence. Caldwell, James A. Barton, George W., 1807-1851. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1904/1905 Description: [37

Buchanan Made a Mason in Lodge No. 43 December 11, 1816 Worshipful Master 1822-1823 President of the United States 1857-1861 Born, Stony Batter, Franklin Co., Pa. April 23, 1791 Died, Wheatland, Lancaster Co., Pa. June 1, 1868. In the winter of 1816-17, Hon. James Buchanan, then but twenty-five years of

books of the Library Company of Lancaster are deposited in the Court House. The librarian will attend every Monday afternoon." On October 4, 1797, William and Robert Dickson published the Balloon and Columbian Almanacs for 1798. �In the same year Rickett's new circus advertises a fine performance, and

at least. Immediately opposite our house was an impressive building,—formerly the site of the Quaker Meeting house—the Odd Fellows' Hall. Bill (Wm. 0.) Frailey, whose father was cus- todian of this building, was one of my staunchest friends; with him I often explored the place, viewing with wonder